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<p>GraphicsMagick provides a powerful command line utility <cite>gm</cite>, which
may be used to access all GraphicsMagick functions. Gm uses a
consistent set of options (<a class="reference external" href="GraphicsMagick.html">see options documentation</a>).  GraphicsMagick provides access to major
commands via a single executable command-line program; for example, to
use the &quot;convert&quot; sub-command, type <span class="docutils literal">gm convert ...</span>. The available
commands are as follows:</p>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="animate.html">animate</a></p></td>
<td><p>Animate a sequence of images</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="batch.html">batch</a></p></td>
<td><p>Executes an arbitrary number of utility commands</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="benchmark.html">benchmark</a></p></td>
<td><p>Measure and report utility command performance.</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="compare.html">compare</a></p></td>
<td><p>Compare two images using statistics and/or visual differencing</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="composite.html">composite</a></p></td>
<td><p>Composite images together</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="conjure.html">conjure</a></p></td>
<td><p>Execute a Magick Scripting Language (MSL) XML script</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="convert.html">convert</a></p></td>
<td><p>Convert an image or sequence of images</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="display.html">display</a></p></td>
<td><p>Display an image on a workstation running X</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="identify.html">identify</a></p></td>
<td><p>Describe an image or image sequence</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="import.html">import</a></p></td>
<td><p>Capture an application or X server screen</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="mogrify.html">mogrify</a></p></td>
<td><p>Transform an image or sequence of images</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="montage.html">montage</a></p></td>
<td><p>Create a composite image (in a grid) from separate images</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="time.html">time</a></p></td>
<td><p>Time the execution of a utility command.</p></td>
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<tr><td><p><a class="reference external" href="version.html">version</a></p></td>
<td><p>Report GraphicsMagick version, features, and build options.</p></td>
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